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with the protection of song birds. Connecticut has always stood for the 

 conservative middle course of fair play and fair game-bird laws for the sports- 

 men, and we do not forget that it is the result of the gun-license law that 

 makes it possible to put wardens in the field, who also extend their protection 

 to the non-game birds. — Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, President. 



District of Columbia. — Since our last report, we have had several out- 

 ings, or field meetings — one to observe the fall migrations under the leader- 

 ship of Professor Bartsch, another to the Zoological Park with Dr. Theodore 

 Palmer as our leader, and five or six walks this spring with se\'eral leaders for 

 each outing. One of our spring walks was arranged especially for our Juniors, 

 — that is, members of our Society under eighteen years of age. 



This spring, the outings were, of course, free to members of the Society, 

 but, owing to their growing popularity and tendency to deteriorate into mere 

 picnics, we charged non-members fifty cents for the fi\e walks. We found 

 that this plan worked well. On each walk we had three or more competent 

 leaders, members of the Biological Survey, and others, so that those attend- 

 ing were divided into small groups; in that way, we felt that the walks this 

 spring were much more instructive and satisfactory than in the past. Our 

 walks were attended by a total of 97 persons, and 103 varieties of birds were 

 seen; the most unusual, perhaps, being six individuals of the Cape May War- 

 blers, seen May 13. 



Our spring outings were preceded by our annual bird-study classes. As 

 a number of the public school teachers usually attend these classes, we were 

 allowed the free use of several rooms in one of the large school buildings. Our 

 enrollment was seventy-one (71), of whom thirty- four (34) were members of 

 our Society. 



We also had a number of extremely interesting lectures during the winter. 

 Our membership continues about the same, a few dropping out and others 

 taking their places. 



We have continued the issuing of "Current Items of Interest," under the 

 able editorship of Mr. Henry Oldys. Copies of these leaflets have been sent 

 to the secretaries of all the state societies, and will be sent to any others who 

 will notify the Secretary of their desire to see them ; or they will be forwarded 

 to other societies, at the rate of five hundred copies for four dollars ($4.00), 

 if sent to one address. — Miss Helen P. Childs, Secretary. 



Florida. — The Florida Audubon Society held its tenth annual meeting 

 on March 28, 1911. If each year, as we present our report to the Association, 

 we feel a certain amount of cUscouragement in not showing greater results, 

 we would ask the members of the Association to review these ten years and 

 observe, throughout the state, the change of attitude among Floridians regard- 

 ing bird protection. We meet in this bird-land of Florida obstacles that require 



